Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez

Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player and current pickleball player, born on 12 January 1982. A left-handed player from Caracas, he competed mostly in ITF Futures events, with occasional appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour, featured in the qualifying draw of an ATP Tour tournament in Delray Beach in 2005 and reached a career high singles ranking of 370 in 2007. Between 2001 and 2009 he appeared in 13 Davis Cup ties and won eight singles rubbers. He won two bronze medals at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and represented Venezuela at the 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games. Based in the United States since 2007, he became an American citizen in 2016 and is Director of Tennis at Longwood University.